India again calls for reformed global governance structure

Renewing its demand, India today said global governance structure must be reformed to ensure just and fair representation of all countries considering the changing world order.
Secretary (West) in External Affairs Ministry Sujata Mehta said such a reformed structure would facilitate the countries to pursue and seek to further their respective interests, within discipline of international law and global-governance institutions.
Speaking at a seminar, she said nation states are no longer the only actors on the stage of international life as there has been increasing involvement of various associations and groups which have been playing significant role in international relations.

At the same time, she said India's position has been that while reforms of global governance arrangements must find ways for non-state actors to participate, undermining the essential intergovernmental nature of global governance institutions is not a solution.
She said aim of the reform of global governance is to ensure world order, by crafting effective multilateral arrangements between states and to ensure some modicum of regulation in key areas of international life.
"Today, we accept that the ideal global institution to accomplish the task of world order is one where there is just and fair representation of all, and where the representatives in these institutions can be trusted to work for the common global good," she said.

India has been pressing for reform of the UN Security Council, besides World Bank and IMF.